Ousting Donald Trump through constitutional trickery would bring America to its knees

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The last 10 days has seen Donald Trump reeling from crisis after crisis

The pleasant surprise of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days is over. The action was hectic, heated, often confused, but well within the bounds of normality. Policy (e.g. health care) was being hashed out, a Supreme Court nominee confirmed, foreign policy challenges (e.g. North Korea) addressed.

Donald Trump’s character – volatile, impulsive, often self-destructive – had not changed since the campaign. But it seemed as if the guardrails of our democracy – Congress, the courts, the states, the media, the Cabinet – were keeping things within bounds.

Then came the past 10 days. The country is now caught in the internal maelstrom that is the mind of Donald Trump. We are in the realm of the id. Chaos reigns....